My experience with sourdough baking
I would like to share my experience with sourdough, as it has been my favorite activity in the last couple of months. So here is my very own version of TOP3 myths about sourdough baking. (🇸🇰 slovenský preklad nájdete za anglickým textom).

1. Sourdough baking is challenging and it’s not so easy to bake a good bread.
Luckily, It’s not like that. Most of the sourdough baking recipes are very good and precisely written and you just need to keep to the recipe to get a good result. Ok, maybe it is difficult to bake some sophisticated breads like crunchy French baguette from the first try, but basic, “everyday” recipes are simple and it is hard to get anything wrong with them.
2. Sourdough baking takes a lot of time.
I do agree that baking your own bread takes longer time than buying bread in the store, but I probably do not have to talk about the benefits of home-made bread (only a short note: it stays fresh for much longer and it is much easier to digest). For me, sourdough is more about time management. Preparation of the starter takes 6-8 hours, plus you will wait for bulk fermentation and all other stages of sourdough preparation. I’ve fixed it like this: I bake bread twice a week and I always leave levain to grow for the night. In the morning, I just mix all the ingredients and let the dough grow while I’m at the office (if it’s too hot, I put the dough into the fridge). I bake bread in the evening and I also found recipes that do not need long kneading (mostly rye flour recipes). So the only job is just to measure and to mix the ingredients.
3. Levain (sourdough starter) needs a lot of attention and care. The starter is my new pet, it has even a name (I call it Taras) and of course it needs some attention. But not too much. You will need to take it out of the fridge once in 10 days – 2 weeks to feed with flour and water.There is nothing more to do and no daily rituals are necessary. I managed to grow a starter only from the third attempt, but you needn’t do it as I did: the starter can also be purchased from internet. There is for sure a community of sourdough bakers in your area and its members will gladly share their starters.
To finish this post, I will write that the sourdough baking is the whole Universe with thousand of recipes and millions of excited bakers and I love to be a part of this crazy community.